Happy Anniversary, 100 Years in America!

It was only a little more than a month ago that 100 Years in Americacommemorated its 100th post. Now at 112 posts and one year of blogging, I thought I'd share with you some of the highlights of my collection of articles about Croatian and Hungarian heritage and my own personal family history.

I would be remiss if I didn't make special mention of my discovery of baby Lajos Tóth. A family member whom I'd never heard of, I found his name listed on a the ship's passenger list at the port of departure in Hamburg. With the help of fellow blogger and family historian Donna Pointkowski, I was able to receive the happy news that baby Lajos had survived the trip across the Altantic and begun a new life in America with his family. You can read his story at Lajos long forgotten: an immigrant baby's story and Update on baby Lajos: his arrival at Ellis Island.

One of my very favorite posts this past year, and one that certainly got much attention and response from others writing about their own family history, was: Where was your family in 1908? Introspective after reading the January 2008 Smithsonian magazine article about the world one-hundred years ago, I asked myself that question and shared it with others via blog. Apparently my question struck a chord with many of you. After reading many of your responses, I compiled a collection of Snapshots of the world back in 1908: an interesting look back at our world one-hundred years ago through the eyes of today's family historians. It was a fun way to start off the year 2008.

As I mentioned over at Happy Anniversary, Small-leaved Shamrock!, I had known that my one year anniversary of blogging was coming, but yesterday in the midst of busy daily activities, it slipped my mind that the one-year mark had arrived. Somehow my inattention to the date seems very appropriate. One of the joys of writing and publishing via blog is just how beautifully that it has allowed me to fit in writing on subjects that I enjoy within the confines of a busy life. Daily life continues to keep up its busy pace around me, yet ideas flow and when I find a quiet moment, I make a short visit to the computer to log my thoughts and to eventually share them with readers like you.

The year has flown, yet somehow I can't imagine life now now without sharing a part of my world and my family history with family, friends and other readers via blog. It has been a tremendously rewarding experience to have this avenue to share information and stories that I have been collecting for many years, and at the same time to find that in the sharing I am inspired to learn more.

I have spent a good amount of time this past year writing about things that are meaningful and interesting to me in the realm of my personal family history. I hope that you'll agree and that you've enjoyed sharing a little bit in the story of my family and my Hungarian and Croatian heritage here at 100 Years in America. If so, please continue the journey along with me as reader as I begin my second year publishing via the web.

Once again as I celebrate my one year blogging anniversary, I send a special thank-you to you, my readers, and particularly to those of you that have taken the time to send comments or emails. Thanks for reading and I look forward to continuing this journey with you for another year.